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View article: Risk and Hazard from Bushfire and Flood in Eastern Australia
Risk and Hazard from Bushfire and Flood in Eastern Australia Open
This chapter relates the concept of ‘risk’ to those of ‘liveability’, ‘amenity’ and ‘wellbeing’ by investigating how risk and hazard can affect the Australian vulnerability to bushfires and flooding. The most catastrophic fire and flood ev…
View article: THEY’VE GOT MY BACK: THE ROLE OF PAIN INTENSITY AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN PERCEIVED RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND RESILIENCE
THEY’VE GOT MY BACK: THE ROLE OF PAIN INTENSITY AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN PERCEIVED RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND RESILIENCE Open
Recent increases in the population of aging adults reflect a dire need to examine the social contexts that influence their experiences in relation to physical and mental health, especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Previous …
View article: CAREGIVING AFFECTS WORKING MEMORY, HOPELESSNESS, AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: A MEDIATION MODEL
CAREGIVING AFFECTS WORKING MEMORY, HOPELESSNESS, AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: A MEDIATION MODEL Open
Caregiver burden can have negative impacts, both on the caregiver and the person receiving care. One of these effects could include more depressive symptoms in the care recipient, which could impact everyday functioning and quality of life…
View article: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED MASTERY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF AGING AND COGNITION
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED MASTERY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF AGING AND COGNITION Open
Internalized ageism can be understood as a negative perception of one’s own aging experience. Negative perceptions of aging may lead to disengagement in daily tasks and exacerbate decreases in cognition. Positive self-perceptions of aging,…
View article: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: SPOUSAL SUPPORT AS A MODERATING FACTOR
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND PERCEIVED CONTROL: SPOUSAL SUPPORT AS A MODERATING FACTOR Open
Social support can play an important role in cognitive functioning and involves both actual and perceived support. This presentation used data from the 2020 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. The sample consisted of community-dwellin…
View article: “Pasture Not Pavements”: Governmental Planning Failure and the Slow Death of Melbourne’s Green Belt
“Pasture Not Pavements”: Governmental Planning Failure and the Slow Death of Melbourne’s Green Belt Open
Extensive literature on peri-urban issues has paid only occasional attention to the details of spatial planning systems and their impacts on peri-urban natural resources. This paper investigates the relationships between a deregulated land…
View article: Melbourne at 8 Million: Matching Land Supply to Dwelling Demand
Melbourne at 8 Million: Matching Land Supply to Dwelling Demand Open
This report demonstrates how Melbourne can double its population by 2051 through residential development largely within existing urban boundaries while preserving the existing historic urban fabric and maintaining lifestyle amenity. It pre…
View article: Putting the public interest back into public transport: a report to the Victorian community
Putting the public interest back into public transport: a report to the Victorian community Open
The privatisation of Melbourne’s trams and trains has been an expensive failure. By June 2006, the privatised system will have cost $1.2 billion more in public subsidies than continued operation by the former Public Transport Corporation; …
View article: Alternative futures for Australia's peri-urban regions
Alternative futures for Australia's peri-urban regions Open
Regional communities are growing rapidly in Australia, with the population of Melbourne's peri-urban region increasing at 2 per cent a year. Despite this, Australia has a weak tradition of regional planning with two thirds of the populatio…
View article: System and strategy: recent trends in governance and planning systems in Australia
System and strategy: recent trends in governance and planning systems in Australia Open
Most Australian State Governments are embarking on a second stage of neo-liberal planning system change. Extensive deregulation of state planning systems has occurred over the last 17 years. Much of the first stage of neo-liberal change co…
View article: EMPOWERING ADULTS SEEKING RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE AND OPIOID USE DISORDER IN THE DEEP SOUTH
EMPOWERING ADULTS SEEKING RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE AND OPIOID USE DISORDER IN THE DEEP SOUTH Open
Substance and opioid use disorder may be missed due to lack of consideration of physical, social, and emotional changes in midlife and later adulthood. This presentation uses data from a Graduate Psychology Education grant to examine predi…
View article: Longitudinal trends in domperidone dispensing to mothers of very preterm infants and its association with breast milk feeding at infant discharge: a retrospective study
Longitudinal trends in domperidone dispensing to mothers of very preterm infants and its association with breast milk feeding at infant discharge: a retrospective study Open
Objective This study aims: (a) to evaluate patterns of domperidone dispensing to mothers of very preterm (<32 weeks gestation) infants born before and after 2014 when international recommendations were made to limit its use and (b) to exam…
View article: THE IMPACT OF URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES IN MELBOURNE ON URBAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
THE IMPACT OF URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES IN MELBOURNE ON URBAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Open
The consensus of using the compact city as a model for urban sustainable development has inevitably led to governments restricting outer urban expansion as an urban management tool. Urban growth boundaries (UGBs) have become one of the mos…
View article: Dewey in transition : John Dewey's psychological writings, 1882-1898
Dewey in transition : John Dewey's psychological writings, 1882-1898 Open
The author retains copyright of this thesis. It must only be used for personal non-commercial research, education and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permissi…
View article: Green Belts: Past; Present; Future?
Green Belts: Past; Present; Future? Open
Unprecedented urbanisation poses the greatest threat to green belts in their history. In a vast literature, surprisingly few books review international and even national policy and practice on urba...
View article: The Role of Peri-Urban Land Use Planning in Resilient Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia
The Role of Peri-Urban Land Use Planning in Resilient Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia Open
Peri-urban agricultural production remains important globally and its value will increase as the impacts of climate change, energy costs, rising world population and changing patterns of food consumption are felt. Maintaining the natural r…